Peer Support Tools
Practical resources to help peer supporters start conversations, listen with purpose, recognize warning signs, maintain boundaries, and connect others to support.
Resource Library
Practical tools and crisis resources for Texas public safety professionals.
Peer Ready Texas provides tools, guides, and resources to support public safety peer support, responder wellness, crisis awareness, and resilience. Use this page to find practical materials you can use in conversations, briefings, trainings, and day-to-day work.
Responder Wellness
Information and tools related to stress, burnout, trauma exposure, sleep, emotional regulation, recovery, and long-term resilience.
Leadership & Agency Support
Tools and information for supervisors, command staff, wellness coordinators, and agency leaders who want to strengthen peer support culture and responder wellness.
Peer Support Conversation Guide
A practical guide for starting a supportive conversation with a coworker who may be struggling.
Post-Incident Reset
A tool for responders to use after difficult calls, critical incidents, or emotionally heavy shifts.
Stress Check Tool
A simple self-check to help public safety professionals notice changes in stress, sleep, mood, connection, and recovery.
When Peer Support Is Not Enough
A guide to help peer supporters recognize when someone may need a higher level of care.
Crisis and Immediate Support
Peer Ready Texas is not an emergency service, crisis hotline, medical provider, or substitute for professional mental health care. Some situations require immediate professional, clinical, medical, or emergency intervention.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911. If you are experiencing thoughts of suicide, emotional crisis, or need immediate mental health support, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
- Peer support is important, but it is not a replacement for emergency services.
- Trust your instincts when something feels urgent or unsafe.
- When in doubt, seek immediate help and then follow up with peer support.
Education and Learning
Use these educational materials to deepen understanding of stress, trauma, peer support, and responder wellness. These resources are meant to support ongoing learning, not replace clinical or legal guidance.
Understanding Stress and Trauma
An overview of how stress and trauma can affect public safety professionals over time.
Building a Peer Support Culture
Key ideas for agencies that want to strengthen peer support and wellness efforts.
Family and Relationship Support
Information to help families better understand the impact of public safety work at home.
Stay Connected to the Work
Peer Ready Texas exists to support public safety professionals through practical, ongoing training and resources. If there are tools, topics, or resources you would like to see added to this page, please reach out.